ANNUAL REPORT - Cedar Valley College

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2012-2013
ANNUAL REPORT
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Student Success
Total number
of students:
6,538
Average
Student Age:
28
Cedar Valley College completed the reaffirmation of accreditation process by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges for 2013-2023, utilizing a data-driven system and
college-wide team strategy, that included student participation. The SACSCOC on-site reaffirmation
recognized CVC for its excellent Compliance Report, the QEP and the commitment of faculty, staff and
administrators to students.
CVC provided leadership as the lead college in the Dallas County Community College District for “Texas
Completes.” Texas Completes brings together eight college systems (Alamo Colleges, Austin Community
College, Dallas County Community College District, El Paso Community College, Kilgore College, Lone
Star College System, Odessa College and South Texas College) that share a common vision for deep
student success reform and increased completion of certificates and degrees. As part of Texas Completes,
Cedar Valley College also worked with the Dallas County Community College District Foundation to
secure a $150,000 Meadows Foundation grant for a web-based advising tool to provide students a clear
pathway to certificate and degree completion and career advancement.
CVC increased the number of students awarded Associate degrees and certificates from 879 in 2011-12 to
979 in 2012-13, an increase of 11.3%. The greatest increase was in the number of certificates awarded (up
26.7%). CVC previously increased the number of students awarded Associate degrees from 317 in 2010-11
to 420 in 2011-12, a 33% increase.
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Over 90 students graduated with both a high school diploma and an Associate of Arts degree from CVC’s
two Early College High Schools, Cedar Hill Collegiate High School and Kathlyn Jo Gilliam Academy.
Sponsored in collaboration with Cedar Hill Independent School District (ISD) and Dallas ISD, both have
received exemplary status from the Texas Education Association.
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The accredited Veterinary Technology program produces an average of over 60 Associate of Applied Science
(AAS) degrees yearly, and over 100 Small Animal Assisting Certificates. This ranked CVC as #1 in
Veterinary Technology A.A.S. degrees of any college or University in the country. In addition, the A.A.S.
degree graduates average over an 85% first time pass rate on their National Board Exams, over 15% above
the national average, with a 100% pass rate on the last 3 Texas State Board Exams.
As a result of strategic enrollment management planning over the last five academic years, Cedar Valley
College has increased its enrollment (unduplicated headcount) by 18.7%. During the 2012-13 academic
year (Fall, Spring and Summer), a total of 10,903 different students were enrolled, with over 6,300 students
enrolled each regular semester in on-campus, hybrid and online courses. There were significant increases in
adult learners, veterans and career and technical course enrollment.
Advising and academic support programs for student athletes resulted in CVC’s athletes having the highest
overall grade point average (GPA) in the Dallas County Community College District National Junior
College Athletic Association (NJCAA) colleges.
CVC advanced with early adoption of six new CORE Curriculum skills included in policies promulgated
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to be effective in fall 2014. Critical thinking skills
were assessed in Spring 2013 utilizing a nationally normed test. Our students scored higher than the
national mean on this test.
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Total number
of students:
Student Success
6,538
Average
Student Age:
28
CVC monitors the success of technical programs and degree disciplines through a new three -year
rotation of program and discipline review. Based on a scoring system and standards set for
disciplines or programs, instructional areas analyze relevant data and implement continuous
improvement plans.
Cedar Valley College embarked on a new venture to holistically address the philosophy of working
with and meeting the needs of developmental students. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board mandated changes that include a new TSI (Texas Success Initiative) placement exam, the
reduction of developmental education sequence to two courses, the creation of an integrated
reading and writing course, and the creation of non-course based options formulated for students to
advance more quickly through the developmental education sequence. To address student retention,
self-paced courses were piloted in the lower levels of Developmental Reading, with over 90% of the
originally enrolled students retained. All Developmental Writing sections are actively involved in
Journey to Success, a referral program that provides coaching for students experiencing academic or
personal difficulties.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges approved the Quality
Enhancement Plan, “Math Empowerment.” The two goals of the QEP focus on moving students
through the developmental education sequence and increasing success in the first college level math
course. The QEP team is implementing strategies in advising, placement, student engagement, and
tutoring.
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In Fall 2011, Cedar Valley College and IBM initiated a collaborative involving integrating IBM’s
curriculum {web database (Sun, Dell, Micro, etc), Project Management (Business Program and
computer), Linux and AIX – operating systems, and Cloud Computing – Networking} into the
CVC Microsoft Office course content, introducing CVC’s faculty to IBM products and services.
CVC’s Continuing Education department was approved to offer IBM certification exams at the
Cedar Hill Center.
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Degrees & Certificates Awarded
Enrollment Statistics
PART-TIME
STUDENTS
75.8%
AAS - Associate in Arts
78
105
152
AAAS - Associate in Applied Science
150
135
143 137
AAT - Associate of Arts in Teaching
5
2
AS - Associate in Science
76
75
119 100
455
559
459
764
876
879 979
6
157
FULL-TIME
STUDENTS
24.2%
3
582
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
47% 45% 42% 50%
53% 55% 58% 50%
YEAR
AFRICAN AMERICAN
56.3%
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
ANGLO
22.5%
HISPANIC
20.6%
FEMALE - 61.1%
OTHER
4.1%
MALE - 38.9%
0
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Employee Success & Resource Management
The Student and Career Centers were renovated to enhance campus life and encourage student
engagement and welcome center was created to provide better information to students and
community.
The CVC Adjunct College Fair was held to expand the number of qualified individuals who applied
to teach as part-time faculty at Cedar Valley College. From this activity, openings for course coverage
were addressed for the Fall 2013 semester.
The Gold LEED certification was awarded for CVC’s Math, Science and Allied Health building.
Fiscal responsibility was maximized to ensure a healthy budget in changing economic times, utilizing
a staffing prioritization model for cost savings and reducing electricity, water and gas consumption,
netting a savings of $89,511 and further reducing our carbon footprint.
Community Success, Workforce and Economic Development
CVC received the Small Business Development Center of the Year award for exceeding goals in new
business
starts,
job creation
and arose
capital
infusion.
Visioning
efforts,
started
in Fall 2011,
from
the need to partner with key stakeholders for the purpose of
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delivering economic and workforce initiatives that create prosperity for Cedar Valley College students and
The Community Resource and Economic Development department utilized a community visioning
session to advance career programs in highway construction and digital cabling technology industry.
of initiatives with individual cities/companies:
Such engagement activities served over 500 community members.
•
Connect to the Lancaster Chamber Logistics Roundtable to provide education and training for local
manufacturing
and logistics
Grant
awards included
a Statecompanies
Energy Conservation Office (SECO) grant for development of on-line
•certificates
Workedfor
with
DeSoto
EDC
to
develop
new revolving
programstudent
for small
business and internships in
energy management,
a TSTEMS
grantloan
to support
scholarships
• Collaborate
with Lancaster
ISD
to bridge STEM
educational
services50
andplus
provide
summer
science,
technology,
math, and
engineering,
and an
AACC/Encore
grantSTEM
to provide
educational
learning
activities
experiences for adult learners.
• Cedar Valley College will assist in building a Regional Economic Development Model with BSW which
will consist
of research,foranalysis,
grant
collaboration,
training/workforce
development
Services
and programs
veterans
were
expanded and
through
a collaboration
with the Veterans Affairs
Hospital and an entrepreneurial academy.
Workforce Skills Grants
Continuing
education
and grants
contract
offerings provided skills training –14,754 hours, serving
• We have secured
(3) SDF
for training
a total of $1,177,503
1,144
trainees.
• A total of 1,034 trainees and 46,668 training hours
Sustainability initiatives were promoted by developing a Green Jobs Conference and hosting a Zero
companies
needs
Waste
Series for
students, staff and community.
•
Record for the college, the most money we have been awarded for SDF grants
In its 19th season, Professor Sam Germany and CVC’s Family Music Theatre continues to provide top
Partnerships
quality music theatre entertainment guaranteed safe for the entire family. Productions for the 2012-13
• IBM-Link
year
included:to Academic Initiative, T-STEM Scholarship Grant and future internship
• Lockheed-Link
to TWC
Summer Merit Areo Bot Grant and Funding Support
Fall
2012 - The Wizard
of Oz
•Spring
"Cease
the
Grease"
City
of
2013 - In The HeightsDallas-Link to Summer Merit Auto Bot and Funding Support
• Comerica:
and expansion of Entrepreneurial Academy
Summer
2013Support
- Jane Eyre
• City of Dallas - Best sustained
• Worksource
Office
- Particularly
the Stemmons
The
Family Music
Theatre
also secured
rights forOffice
the first-ever DFW Metroplex amateur production in
Fall, 2013 of the Tony award winning musical, Les Miserables.
The
Office
of Student
Life offered
a diverse
• Texas
Workforce
Commission
- Austin
officeseries of speakers and events focused on “Career Pathways”
for
students
and
the
community.
Student
also improvements
partnered with
Professor Dan Rogers, director and
• Bill J. Priest/ El Centro - Benchmarking forLife
process
in grants
playwright
to Community
sponsor sold-out
performances
of the
Dinner Theatre.
• Cuyahoga
College
- Benchmarking
for Murder
workforceMystery
development
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2012-2013
CVC Expenditures
Academic
Support
5.6%
Public
Service
0.83%
Special
1.72%
Physical
Plant
10.52%
AREA
Staff
Benefit
8.52%
Instruction
45.85%
Institutional
Support
15.35%
Student
Services
11.61%
ACTUAL EXPENSES
Staff Benefits
$2,035,608.53
Institutional Support
$3,669,607.46
Student Services
$2,775,087.51
Instruction
$10,960,032.51
Academic Support
$1,338,271.31
Public Service
$198,491.39
Physical Plant
$2,515,551.79
Special
$411,257.02
Total Budget
$23,903,907.08
Visioning & Future Direction
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Cedar Valley College will be a premier institution, using data for decision making, continuous improvement,
sound financial planning, and exemplary teaching and learning strategies to transform lives and strengthen
communities.
Cedar Valley College is committing to an increase in the number of students that receive a certificate and/or degree
by implementing initiatives connected to the "Texas Completes" and national educational agenda while charting a
course that prepares students to live and learn in a dynamic world.
The leadership team will utilize strategic thinking and planning to accomplish the goals of the college while being
efficient with resources.
The college will engage in assessment of student learning outcomes to advance a current and relevant student
learning agenda.
The investment in professional development experiences for employees, that magnifies preparation for living and
working in a dynamic world, will be visible and focused.
Cedar Valley College will work with other educational institutions to significantly improve college readiness and
closing the American skills gap by preparing a larger number of students to complete a certificate or a degree, to
transfer to a four year university and be successful in the workforce.
Our Community Resource and Economic Development team will concentrate on sustaining and developing
collaborative partnerships and consortia critical to reaching the college's mission and to responding to the
economic and workforce needs of the local, state, national, and world communities that we serve.
The college will serve as a model for sustainability by integrating "green principles" into the curriculum and the life
of the college.
Cedar Valley College will leverage cutting edge technology to provide current teaching/learning experiences for our
students and to improve processes.
Cedar Valley College will continue to be outcome oriented and will use financial reporting, program reviews, and
teaching and learning strategies to bring excellence in education.
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Dear Cedar Valley College Friends, Supporters and Colleagues,
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This year at Cedar Valley College, we focused on excellence in education, student success and
strengthening our communities. Always committed to our mission of exemplary teaching and
learning to prepare individuals for a dynamic world and to illuminating student pathways, we
accomplished great things. We continued to work across the state as the lead college in the Dallas
County Community College District for the Texas Completes initiative. Texas Completes focuses
on increasing the number of students who complete their program of study and who are prepared
to enter a world of new opportunities. Through the discovery of new techniques in teaching and
learning, we worked with statewide partners to make a positive impact on our communities and our
nation while increasing our graduation rates. We continued to build strong sustainability programs
by focusing on clean, safe, green environments in line with our local and global needs.
The Cedar Valley College Community Resource and Economic Development (CRED) office
continued to work with company partners to customize and respond to economic and workforce
needs through training and course offerings at businesses and industries in Southern Dallas County.
The college continues to be known for outstanding teaching and learning experiences for students.
We were honored to receive national attention for leadership in advancing minorities in education
and for our Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which received a national award for
creation of new businesses and jobs. Faculty, administrators and staff were invited to present at
national conferences on exemplary student success models. We redesigned our student center,
welcome center and soccer field and added new cutting edge technologies to various learning
centers to better serve students and community members. We also had the highest graduation rate
in the Dallas County Community College District.
As you can see, we had an exciting and productive year. Our programs and services continue to grow
and improve; our student body is more diverse than it has ever been; our continuing education
grants are increasing; and our certificate and associate degree completion rates are higher than they
have been in the College’s history. We will continue to align, report, build, and consider all
possibilities as we work to truly “jump start” careers and continue our journey to being a “premier”
institution, illuminating pathways as we go.
Sincerely,
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Dr. Jennifer Wimbish
President, Cedar Valley College